The Colonies
This number of colonies declared their independence from Britain in 1776.
What is 13?
This well-respected veteran from Virginia, before becoming the first President of the United States, was general of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War.
Who is George Washington?
This list of 10 rights was added to the Constitution to prevent the government from abusing its power over the people.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This man was the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
This is the name for the huge tract of land bought from France by Thomas Jefferson in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase (or the Louisiana Territory)?
In this city's "Massacre," British soldiers fired into a crowd of rioters that were throwing things at them, killing five colonists.
What is Boston?
In Boston, a group of Patriots known as the Sons of Liberty snuck onto a cargo ship filled with this product and dumped it into the ocean to protest British taxes.
What is tea?
This power allows the President to stop a law from being passed even if it has been approved by Congress.
What is the veto?
This man was the second president of the United States.
Who was John Adams?
"Remember the Alamo" refers to a battle fought in this state.
What is Texas?
This was the first lasting colony settled by the British in the United States, located in what is now the state of Virginia.
What is Jamestown?
This year marked the official start of the Revolutionary War with the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
What is 1776?
The saying "I plead the _____" comes from this amendment, which states that a citizen has the right to remain silent and can't be forced to testify against themselves in court.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
This fourth president was known as the Father of the Constitution--NOT the same Virginian who wrote the Declaration of Independence!
Who is James Madison?
The Gold Rush brought a huge influx of people to this Californian city.
What is San Francisco?
This famous ship carried the pilgrims, known for the first Thanksgiving, from England to what is now Massachusetts.
What is the Mayflower?
This man's signature is famous for being the largest on the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock?
These are the three branches of the United States government.
What are the executive, legislative, and judiciary branches?
What is "establish a national bank" OR "assume state debts"?
This group of pioneers was stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains after taking a bad shortcut, and eventually had to eat each other to survive.
What is the Donner Party?
This Native chief, father of Pocahontas, has the same name as the tribe they are both from.
What is Powhatan?
These two Massachusetts cities were the sites of the first battles of the American Revolution.
What are Lexington and Concord?
While the Senate has two representatives assigned to each state no matter how many people live in that state, this chamber of Congress assigns representatives based on the states' populations.
What is the House of Representatives?
George Washington died in December of this year, preventing him from seeing America in the new century.
What is 1799?
This territory, which thousands of pioneers would travel towards along a trail with the same name, was given to the United States in an 1818 treaty with Britain.
What is Oregon?